Car-starter



(No Model.)

F. ROUSSEAU.

` GAR STARTER. No. 326,790.

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Patented Sept. 2.2, 1885.

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WI TN ESSES @www FRANK ROUSSEAU, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

CAR-STARTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 326,790, dated September 22, 1335.

Application led June S22, 1885.

T0 all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, FRANK ROUSSEAU, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of Vayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Starters; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and igures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My present invention relates to thal class of inventions known as car-starters, and is designed to aid the horse or horses at the time of starting a street-car, and my invention consists in the general arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this speciiication, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention attached to the car-bottom. Fig. 2 is a top plan of same in a shifted position, as hereinafter set forth. Fig. 3 is a crosssection on dotted line l I of Fig. l.. Figs. 4, 5, and 6 are details.

In the drawings, C represents the body or frame-work of the car; IV, the common carwheel; A, the axle to same. is an internally-toothed ring. which I secure to the arms ofthe car-wheel by means of bolts a. (See Figs. l and 3).

Fitting over the axle loosely and against the ring` tis a double-circled hal f-pulley, D, which is journaled thereon by means of bolts and the yoke e. (See Figs. l and 4.) To keep the part D in position, I attach firmly to the axle A the collar C, and on said axle, between the collar C and wheel ofthe car, the part D, l having a reciprocating motion, the purpose I of which will he hereinafter set forth. b is Babbitt metal, to give free and easy bearing upon the axle, and o is an oil-can to supply i said bearing with its lubricant. The part D, having the circles G O2, of unequal diameter, l is formed integral, as shown in Fig. 3. I attach pivotally at a a ratchet or dog, g, on the inner face of the part D, as shown in Figs. l, 3, and 4, the free end of said dog engaging (No model.)

with the toothed wheel t, for the purposes hereinafter set forth. Within the concave of the circle C, I locate a wire cable, r', which is attached at the left terminus of said circle, as shown at s. The other end of said cable is attached to the coiled spring S, mounted on the car.

To the right of the circle C2 I attach the wire cable r, which lies within the concave of said circle, as shown in Figs. I, 2, and 3. The cable r, passes between two sets of pulleys, a4 a, mounted on the car-frame, as shown in Fig. 2. Its forward end is attached to the rear end of the draw-bar Z. Said draw-bar has on opposite sides arms or slides t', that work in channels ci a5 of the draw-head Y, as shownin Fig. 5, and dotted lines of Fig. l. A drawhead, Y, is attached to the car at each end, and has a front, B. formed integral therewith and at right angles to the body of the drawhead. The rear end of the draw-bar Z passes through a guide-hasp, b. On the upper face of the draw-bar I locate a rubber stop or bumper, as shown at e2, which meets the rear end of the draw-head when the draw-bar Z is forced forward, as shown in Fig. 2, and by dotted lines of Fig l. Said rubber also strikes against the guide b' when the draw-bar is forced back, as shown in Fig. l. I form a channel vertically across the side of the drawbar, as shown at h by dotted lines of Fig. 2. I locate under the front of the platform a spring-bar, E, which is attached at one end to the car, its free cud engaging with the channel h of the draw-bar, as shown by said dotted lines of Fig. 2. On the front of the platform I place in the floor F the plate D2, having a chamber, R,in its upper face. Fitting into Said chamber is an operating-stud, n, having a stem, al, which passes down to and rests upon the free end portion of the spring-bar E. (See Figs. l, 2, and 6.) rIhe stem at has on one side astop or lug, e", and a guide-pin, c3, depends from the stud a, passing through a hole in the plate DZ, as shown in Fig. 6. A cap, t', is hinged to the plate D2, and turns down over the stud n, to keep out rain and snow. rIhe object of the pin e is to prevent the turning around of the stud n. The object of the stud is to depress the spring-bar E, to disengage said bar from the draw-bar Z, and to IOO lock the stud to prevent its being depressed. The pin e is drawn out of its hole, the stud n is then turned around, when said pin en ters the hole a6, when the shoulder c4 of the stud stops on the face of the plate D?.

To the right in Fig. 2 I show a modification relating to the manner of attaching the drawbar Z to the cable o". In this instance I journal in the rear end ofthe drawbarapulley, P, and pass the cable o" over said pulley,secur ing its ends, at X, to the body of the car. By this arrangement the draw-bar travels but half the distance in starting the car as when attached in the manner shown at the left of Fig. 2. Y Y

The operations are as follows: As soon as the driver has stopped the car he places his foot on the stud n, depressing the spring bar E from its locked position with the draw-bar, as shown in dotted lines of Fig. 2, when the coiled-spring S, which is drawn out, as shown,

in Fig. 2, closes up, as shown in Fig. l, rocking back the double-circled section D on the caraxle, thus drawing the draw-bar Z back under the car, as clearly shown in Fig. l. As the part D is rocked down the pivoted dog g drops down, its free end engaging with the toothed wheel t, as shown by dotted lines of Fig. 1, and as the driver starts the horse or horses the draw-bar Z pulls forward, its slides working in the channels c5645 of the draw-head. As the draw-bar advances the cable r rocks the section D forward, and as said section is locked to the wheel W, by means ofthe dog g engaging with the ring t of the Wheel, the carwheel is caused to n1ove,thus starting the car. The draw-bar advances until the rubber e2 strikes the rear cud of the draw-head, when the strain on the dog g will be released, and as the part D has revolved forward the dog is carried up to the dotted position g of Fig. l, which location causes the dog, as soon as released, to drop down or disengage from the ring t,as shown at g of Fig.1. As soon as the rubber e2 of the drawbar strikes the drawhead the spring-bar E springs into its locked position with said draw-bar, thus locking the draw-bar firmly to the car and keeping spring S drawn out,as shown in Fig.2.` When the driver has again stopped his car he depresses the stud n, when the spring S of Fig. 2 closes, rocking the section D back from its position of Fig. 2 to the position of Fig. 1, when the car may be started,as before stated.

Having thus fully set forth my present invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isl l. In a device for the purpose set forth, the combination of the car wheel and axle, theinternally-toothed ring attached to said wheel, a double-circled sector, D, journaled on said axle, the dog pivoted to said sector and Y adapted to engage with a toothed ring,a cable,

r', attached at s to the sector and to the coiled spring mounted on the car, and the cable r,

attached to the sector and to a sliding drawbar, as and for the purposes specied.

2. Ina carstarter and in combination, the axle and Wheel, the internally-toothed ring bolted to said wheel, the double half-circled pulley or sector D, journaled on the axle and carrying pivotally the dogg, the cable 1^', attached to the small circle of the sector and to the spring S, the cable r, attached to the large circle of the sector, passing between the two sets of pulleys a* at, and engaging with the rear end of the sliding draw-bar, the springbar E, its free end adaptedto engage with the draw-bar, the draw-head having channels a5 a5,with front B,formed integral therewith, and stud fn, for depressing the spring-bar E, as and for the purposes specified.

3. The combination of the sliding drawbar working in the draw-head as set forth,

the spring-bar E, its free end engaging with the draw-bar, the plate D2, mounted on the car-Hoor, the stud n, Working in said plate, having the arm a2 and stop thereon, the lockingpin es, adapted to engage with the plate D2, and hinged-cap substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK RoUssEAU.

Witnesses:

THEoPHILUs SEYMOUR, JAMES HEALD. 

